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== Leftism, humor and mean-spiritedness  ==

== Leftism, humor and mean-spiritedness  ==

[[File:Stephencolbert2.jpg|thumb|[[Stephen Colbert]] performing a bit on ''The Daily Show'']]

[[File:Stephencolbert2.jpg|thumb|200px|left|[[Stephen Colbert]] performing a bit on ''The Daily Show'']]

The [[conservative]] commentator and author David Limbaugh wrote:

The [[conservative]] commentator and author David Limbaugh wrote:

{{Cquote|Michelle Wolf is not the first so-called comic to maliciously insult conservatives and Republicans at a White House Correspondents' Association dinner, but she was intentionally mean-spirited, and even after the blowback, she's unrepentant.

{{Cquote|Michelle Wolf is not the first so-called comic to maliciously insult conservatives and Republicans at a White House Correspondents' Association dinner, but she was intentionally mean-spirited, and even after the blowback, she's unrepentant.

But hold on, you say. There's a difference between late-night TV and a formal dinner pregnant with self-important dignitaries of the Washington press corps. Perhaps, but the point is there is a receptive constituency for this kind of bile. The organization had to have known what to expect from Wolf, and she admits she was just being herself that night. "If you've seen any of my comedy, you know that I don't -- I'm not (nice)," said Wolf. "I don't pull punches. I'm not afraid to talk about things."<ref>[https://www.thespectrum.com/story/opinion/2018/05/05/what-passes-liberal-humor-these-days/583878002/ Limbaugh: Sorry, Liberal Media, but You Own Michelle Wolf] by David Limbaugh, The Spectrum (part of the [[USA Today]] network), 2018</ref>}}

But hold on, you say. There's a difference between late-night TV and a formal dinner pregnant with self-important dignitaries of the Washington press corps. Perhaps, but the point is there is a receptive constituency for this kind of bile. The organization had to have known what to expect from Wolf, and she admits she was just being herself that night. "If you've seen any of my comedy, you know that I don't -- I'm not (nice)," said Wolf. "I don't pull punches. I'm not afraid to talk about things."<ref>[https://www.thespectrum.com/story/opinion/2018/05/05/what-passes-liberal-humor-these-days/583878002/ Limbaugh: Sorry, Liberal Media, but You Own Michelle Wolf] by David Limbaugh, The Spectrum (part of the [[USA Today]] network), 2018</ref>}}

== Secular leftism and humorlessness ==

== Secular leftism and humorlessness ==